Padhuka Sahasram-41

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin

>

>41. PadmAkAntapadAnta RangaviBhOdriktam padatram BhajE

> YadBhaktyA namtAm triviShtapasadhAm chUdApadhEShvarpitam

> NityApItanaKhEndhudhIDhithisuDhAsandhOhamucchaIrvama

> tyantarnUnamamAnthamanthikalasacChOShApatacChadhmanA

>

>The white cloth wound round the head of the Devas, who bow in great

>devotion-as a prelude to the placement of the Lord's Paaduka (or Sataari)

>appears like the lustrous halo emanating from the moon of the nails of

>the feet, a halo-nectar uncontrollably overflowing and therefore spread

>out as it were, on the head.

>

>(The white cloth is referred to as Seshapata, appropriate to the

>Seshas we are. It is called Parivattam in Tamil parlance).

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S)

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(1)UthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here , Swami Desikan decribes

the action taken by DevAs , who become afraid of losing

their high positions to the devotees of PaadhukhAs . Those

DevAs now rush to adorn the PaadhukhAs on their heads with

devotion and reach a state of happiness that is beyond

the partaking of nectar. As a result of wearing the PaadhukhAs,

their erstwhile insecuties are removed . Swami Desikan also

describes here the sEshA paDam or parivattam , a white silken

piece of unstitched cloth that is wrapped around the dEvA's

heads prior to placing the PaadhukhAs on their heads. Swami

DSesikan observes that the Parivattam enhances the cool and

nectar like rays associated with the foot nails of the Lord

resident on top of the paadhukhais .Swami Desikan suggests that

the coolness of the nectar emanating from that parivattam is

like the dam of floods of amrutham that originate from

the nails of the Lord's sacred feet .

 

(2) Andavan Swamy's anubhavam : Swami Desikan salutes the PaadhukhAs

dear to Lord RanganAthA's chittham .When our revered AchAryA

sees the dazzling whiteness of the parivattam/paryattam on which

the PaadhukhA rests over the heads of dEvAs , he is reminded

of the matchless lustre of the finger nails of the Lord and

the PadhukhAs drinking those nakha kaanthi and releasing it

to share that anubhavam with us.

 

(3) In the earlier slOkam , Swami referred to the anxieties

of the DevAs about losing their exalted positions to those

bhakthAs , whom Paadhukhais favor . In this slOkam , Swami

Desikan describes the clever strategem of the devAs to have

no surprises . They rush to the sannadhi of the Lord and

wear the Paadhulhais over their heads as insurance against

any calamities ...V.S

 

(4) In the first line of the slOkam , Swami Desikan shows

his deep devotion for the Lord's PaadhukhAs : " PadhmA Kaantha:

padha antharanga: vibhava udhriktham padathram bhajE " ( adiyEn

offers my bhakthi-laden salutation to those Paadhukhais , which

are intimate with the Sriya: Pathi's sacred feet ...V.S

 

(5) Swami Desikan compares the bright lustre of the parivattam

sitting under the Paadhukhais over the heads of the DevAs with

a similie : " antha : amAntham nithya aapItha nakha Indhu

dhIdhithi: sudhA sandhOham ucchai: VAMATHI noonam " .

The Paadhukhais drink without let the moon-like rays of

the lustre emanating from the foot nails of the Lord .

The lustre of the parivattam circumscribing the heads of

the DevAs appears to Swami Desikan as the outpourings of

what the Paadhukhais consumed abundantly earlier (viz ).,

the white lustre of the nakha kaanthi .Vamathi means in

Tamil , Kaakuthal or ejecting ... V.S

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan